Hair Breakage in Normal and Weathered Hair: Focus on the Black Patient
TLDR Black hair is fragile due to hair care practices, not structural differences.
The document discussed the issue of hair breakage and fragility, particularly in Black patients, and highlighted the lack of known structural or chemical differences in Black hair compared to Caucasian or Asian hair that could explain this fragility. It emphasized the importance of understanding hair care practices that contribute to hair breakage and provided recommendations for examination and ancillary testing. Additionally, it reviewed advances in measuring the mechanical fracture of human hair.
